Richard Jackson is the author of five books of poems--most recently Heartwall, a Juniper Prize winner. He has received Fulbright, Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Witter-Bynner Fellowships. Richard Jackson has the compassion to mourn, to understand and to redeem. His writing helps readers to make sense of the corruptions of the world.